Wrench



(No Model.)

W. D. GOAODSON.

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Patented Aug. 11, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM DoRsEY GOODSON, OF EUFAULA, ALABAMA.

WRENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,104, dated August11, 1885.

Application filed March 30, 1885. (No model.)

A .To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM DORSEY GooDsoN, of Eufaula, in the county ofBarbour and State of Alabama, have invented a new and ImprovedLeverrench for Tightcning Bolts on Fish-Plates, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved lever-wrenchfor turning the nuts on the bolts of fishplates, which lever-wrench isso constructed as to turn two nuts at the same time.

The invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts anddetails, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved 1ever-wrench for tightening boltson fish-plates, showing the wrench applied on the rail. Fig. 2 is a planview of the same on the rail. Fig. 3 is a side view of the wrench.

The bar B is provided with a longitudinal slot, 0, extending down tonear its lower end, and on the lower end of the said bar a key, D, isformed, which is provided with asquared recess for receiving the nut H,on the end of a bolt, H, passed through the fish-plate J on the rail K.A stud or pin, a, projects from the outer side of the bar B, near thelower end. On the outer side of the bar B a bar, E, is held by a bolt,F, passed through the slot G and through an aperture in the bar E. Thelower part of the bar E is curved, and on its end the key F is formed.At the upper end of the curved part 0 of the bar Eadownwardly-projecting lug, G, is provided, at the upper end of which arecess, f, is formed.

The device is used in the following manner: The two keys D and F areplaced on the nuts H H, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, and the bar Bis swung in the direction of the arrow at, thus causing the key D toturn its nut. The bar E swings with the bar B, the bolt F sliding upwardin the slot 0, and the key F turns its nut. An additional aperture, b,is provided in the bar E, through which aperture the bolt F can bepassed in case the bar E is to be held higher on the bar Bthat is, incase the bar E is not to drop to such an extent that the pin a canpassinto the notch f. When the bolt F passes through the upper aperturein the bar E, the pin a can pass into the notchf and prevent the bar Efrom dropping farther. When the bar E slides down the bar B, the lug G,striking the pin a, guides it into the notch f. The wrench isin thisposition while being applied as shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a lever-wrench, the combination, with a bar having a key formed onits. end, of an additional bar held on the firstmentioned bar and alsoprovided with a key on its end, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

2. In a lever-wrench, the combination, with a straight bar having a keyformed on its end, ofa bar having a curve and held on the straight bar,which curved bar has a key formed on its end, substantially as hereinshown and described.

3. In alever-wrench, the combination, with the straight bar B, providedwith the longitudinal slot 0, on the end of which bar the key D isformed, of the bar E, provided with a curve, 0, and the key F at theend, and of the bolt F, passed through the bar E and the slot 0 of thebar B, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In a lever-wrench, the combination, with the bar B, having the slot 0and forming the key D, of the bar E, forming the key F and provided witha prong or lug, G, and recess f, the stud or pin a on the bar B, and thebolt F, substantially as herein shown and described.

WILLIAM DORSEY GOO DSON.

Witnesses:

W. O. GRIMES, WV. H. GODWIN.

